In the sixth season, Roanoke, it is revealed that Dandy was the last member of the Mott family alive, thus making the Roanoke house available for purchase.[1]. He dreams of being able to leave the freak show and live a normal life. The two begin a relationship soon after and plan to run away together. Unbeknownst to her, the illusion is real, and she dies when her body is severed, while Chester descends into a psychotic episode. The first season, retroactively subtitled Murder House, takes place in Los Angeles, California, during 2011, and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants. Oct 7, 2018 - Explore Jesse M.'s board "Ahs cast" on Pinterest. Circa 1927 Wikimedia Commons . With Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson. In the 1920s and 30s, she was a popular vaudeville star before marrying Dell, who convinced her to seek more upscale venues. In "Test of Strength", Jimmy tearfully reveals to Dell that he knows that Dell is his father, a revelation that ends up saving his life. According to a video promo and poster that have surfaced online, it appears that season four of the show could be dubbed American Horror Story: Circus. ; Denis O'Hare as Stanley, a crafty grifter whose con isn't all that's long. Later, Dandy attaches the head of one of his murder victims to his mother's corpse, making his own twisted version of Bette and Dot. Elsa Mars (portrayed by Jessica Lange) is a German expatriate who manages one of the last remaining freak shows in the United States, in 1952. The Internet exploded into a tizzy when a bunch of “AHS: Circus” promos began to pop up a few weeks back, prompting rumors that Murphy & Co. had already decided on the theme for next season. The sixth season, subtitled Roanoke, takes place in North Carolina, during 2014–2016, and focuses on the paranormal events that take place at an isolated farmhouse haunted by the deceased Roanoke colony. Combined with Jimmy getting the twins to safety, Dandy loses his sanity as he murdered his mother to bathe in her blood before later turning her corpse into a puppet with the head of another victim sewn onto it. He also developed an obsession for Dot and Bette, the former correctly suspicious before he read her diary. While Mordrake does kill her, Elsa ends up being sent to her own afterlife: a reincarnation of her freak show where she is reunited with the other dead freaks and is able to perform to the full house she always dreamed of. She left Dell after he attempted to kill Jimmy as an infant. He becomes a drunk, and is later arrested for a mass murder committed by Dandy. Realizing that she has a chance to be truly happy, Desiree moves in with Ethel and plans on divorcing Dell and starting over. His fate is left undisclosed at the end of the season. 1920s Marvin/Flickr. [5] As a crossover between Murder House and Coven, several characters from those two seasons reappeared in Apocalypse.[6]. Ethel Darling (portrayed by Kathy Bates as adult Ethel, Kathy Deitch as young Ethel) is a bearded lady, the mother of Jimmy, and the ex-wife of Dell. With just over a month to go, AHS Freak Show has just released a cast poster displaying the various freaks along with a new promo. However, in May 2020, FX announced that AHS … According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Nine Lives of Chloe King actress will appear on multiple episodes of American Horror Story Season 4 … Fraser plays Paul the Illustrated Seal on AHS and he has even performed in a real freak show before that, because he loves being on stage. Posted by. He should wait till future seasons to do a solid Circus/Carnival theme and set it in the Gilded Age, where the theme would be done justice. For his performance, Wittrock was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Supporting Actor, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. In "Edward Mordrake (Part 2)", while Jimmy and Maggie are hiding due to the curfew, they come across Twisty and his captives and they help them escape. Born with severe syndactyly, he performs as the "Lobster Boy" in the freak show. In January 2020, FX renewed the series for three more seasons. Elsa, planning to move to Hollywood, later sells the freak show to the traveling salesman and amateur magician Chester Creb in preparation for her Hollywood future—not realizing that he is mentally ill and hiding a criminal past. The ninth season, subtitled 1984, takes place outside of Los Angeles, California, during the titular year, 1984, and focuses on a group of young staff members at a summer camp getting ready to reopen after a massacre. When she arrives in Hollywood, she is unable to meet with the president of a TV company until an altercation with his receptionist, leading her to meet Michael Beck, the company's junior vice-president of casting. The amputation causes him to fall into a depression; when he learns the truth about Stanley and Maggie, he rebuffs and threatens her. In 1960, however, in a reunion with Massimo Dolcefino, she reveals that the marriage is falling apart as both Elsa and Michael both regularly practice infidelity, and her fame has not brought her the happiness she dreamed. In "Monsters Among Us", he kills a policeman who tried to threaten the freaks and arrest Bette and Dot. Daisy and Violet Hilton were fused at the hip and put into a circus freak show at the age of three. 11 of 26. ^1 Young Regina Ross is portrayed by Nya Auzenne. In "Show Stoppers", Maggie volunteers herself to be sawed in half by Chester Creb, believing that it would help redeem herself in the eyes of Jimmy and the others. Bette becomes jealous when Dot's singing makes her a star at the freak show and is encouraged by Elsa to kill her, which she never does. For her performance, Bates was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Both twins later turn their affections toward magician Chester Creb until Dandy informs them of his criminal past. The season's theme, discrimination, is underlined by depictions of physical and mental abuse towards “freaks” and their struggle to survive economically. American Horror Story Season 4 Circus Clues: Cast Members Talk Carnival Freakshow, Angela Bassett Prosthetics, And Dream Actors For Evan Peters And Gabourey Sidibe! The eighth season, subtitled Apocalypse, features the return of the witches from Coven as they battle the Antichrist from Murder House in an attempt to prevent the apocalypse. For her performance, Lange was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, the People's Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress, the Dorian Award for TV Musical Performance of the Year, the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Check out all the spoilers, video clips, cast info and plots we could find for season 4 of "AHS" - "American Horror Story: Freakshow," which premieres tonight. Created by Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy. In 1960, it is revealed that he has married Bette and Dot and is expecting a child with them. [citation needed]. They are rushed to the hospital and their discovery becomes controversial, attracting Elsa who brings them back to the show. In "Edward Mordrake (Part 1)", she is diagnosed with cirrhosis and is given a prognosis of six months to a year to live. For 20 years, she rescued her performers from the streets or being shipped away to asylums and became their legal guardian. Maggie is later revealed to be in a relationship with Jimmy, pressuring him to escape the freak show (and Stanley, though she doesn't mention this) with her. Michael Uppendahl. 6 years ago. I wasn't digging the carnival or circus theme, but Ryan Murphy made a point to say that it wasn't a carnival or circus- it's a freak side show. As far as concrete information about American Horror Story's mysterious tenth season goes, longtime AHS fans probably could have guessed most of the season's cast … She later appears as a hallucination to both Jimmy and Dell. After being drugged, Dandy is chained by the surviving freaks in a water tank and deem him "the biggest freak of all" before watching him slowly drown as the tank fills with water. In August 2018, the series was greenlit for a tenth season. Whether it is by fan popularity or real Easter Eggs from "American Horror Story: Coven," the circus/carnival theme appear to be the most popular rumor regarding season 4. Dot then professes her love to a drunken Jimmy, with Bette insisting that she can "look the other way" so that her sister can be happy; they are heartbroken when he turns them down. An AHS writer revealed the setting for the fourth season during a podcast. Bette, the more innocent and friendly of the two, loves Hollywood glamor and movies and perceives their new life to be like show business, whereas Dot, the more cynical twin, distrusts everyone and remembers their old, sheltered life as one of safety. She later attempts to get Dandy to see a psychiatrist, pretending that the sessions are testing Dandy's intelligence. The performance of both twins was achieved using CGI to merge Paulson's dual performances together. I think Murphy is giving into peer pressure to prematurely do a Circus theme and is trying to find a way to incorporate it to please the fanbase pushing it. For her performance, Paulson won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Actress, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. At the end of "Edward Mordrake (Part 2)", he arrives at the freak show, posing as a Hollywood talent agent, and introduces himself to Elsa. ; Frances Conroy as Gloria Mott, a dedicated mother and wealthy socialite. [4] Hotel, Roanoke, and Cult also had characters from previous seasons making appearances. She is delusional and smothering when it comes to her son, Dandy, and will go to any lengths to placate him. Grady Stiles, Jr. was the 4th generation of Stiles family members born with ectrodactyly, a family trait going back to the 1840s which caused their fingers and toes to fuse into claws.Grady’s father was already part of a freak show with a traveling carnival, so … However, Murphy has stated that all of the seasons are and will be connected by the end of the series. Asylum. Dolcefino then reveals he's dying of cancer, and that night, she learns her German snuff films have been discovered by journalist Hedda Hopper, effectively ruining Elsa's career. 18+ ВНИМАНИЕ! After Maggie later confesses her and Stanley's true intentions, Desiree sees her remorse and attempts to help her save the remaining freaks from Stanley. Evan Peters as Jimmy Darling, a passionate protector of all things freaky; Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo, the strongman with a weakness for men. Stanley, under the pretense of helping Jimmy buy a lawyer to prove his innocence, severs Jimmy's hands and sells them to the Museum of Morbid Curiosities. American Horror Story: Freak Show - Full Cast & Crew. He then murders Ma Petite by breaking her neck. Main Characters. In 1960, it is revealed that they are married to Jimmy and expecting a child with him. In "Magical Thinking", after confessing to Desiree that he murdered Ma Petite, he is shot in the head from behind by a vengeful Elsa. They have dicephalic parapagus: their conjoined body consists of a single torso with one pair of arms, one pair of legs, but two distinct heads and necks. It will premiere in 2021.Prior to the production shutdown, AHS Season 10 was expected to premiere in the fall of 2020. Welcome to The Freak Show, Skyler Samuels. In "Show Stoppers", saving the twins from ending up victims of Chester Creb's act, Dandy buys the freak show from Elsa for the sum of $10,000. It premiered on October 8, 2014 and concluded on January 21, 2015. Dandy Mott (portrayed by Finn Wittrock as adult Dandy, Brinon Kruithof and Julian Kruithof as 12-year-old and 8-year-old Dandy, respectively) is the spoiled, psychopathic son of Gloria. American Horror Story: Freak Show is the fourth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. She later tries to placate Stanley by taking Ma Petite to a barn and preparing to drown her, but cannot make herself kill the innocent young woman. Director 8 Credits. After Dandy massacres their friends, Bette marries him as a ruse so that they, Desiree, and Jimmy can enact their revenge against him. MORE: See the American Horror Story: Freak Show cast art Emma Roberts , who joined the cast of AHS for Coven , returns for Freak Show and told us … In "Pink Cupcakes", she is brought to the hospital for vaginal bleeding, where Dr. Bonham reveals that she is 100% female and that her supposed penis is an enlarged clitoris caused by a hormone imbalance. In "Test of Strength", he blackmails Dell into murdering one of the freaks. Movies Wonder Woman 1984: Review. He also gets his revenge on Jimmy by murdering the housewives that he was servicing in "Tupperware Party Massacre", enlisting a detective he hired to frame Jimmy. In "Show Stoppers", she murders the curator of the Museum of Morbid Curiosities, Lillian Hemmings, and later wraps her head in a gift box and gives it to Stanley, before the other freaks mutilate him. Discover (and save!) [3] Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events. Following that, Dandy developed a god complex as he reaches an apathy and commits murders, with his maid Dora being the first victim. Afterwards, confused over his sexuality and guilty over the horrible things he has done, he attempts to hang himself, but is saved by Desiree. After being yelled at by the twins, Maggie decides to tell Desiree the truth and the two women head to the Museum of Morbid Curiosities to confront Stanley, where she faints upon discovering Jimmy's severed claw hands. She poses as a fortune teller with a crystal ball and infiltrates the freak show. Veteran cast members include Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates, Denis O'Hare, and Frances Conroy, with Michael Chiklis and Finn Wittrock making their debuts. Aug 3, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by BROTHERTEDD. Elsa later received prosthetic legs made by Massimo Dolcefino, working as a cabaret performer and chanteuse in Germany. When Maggie confesses the truth about her and Stanley working together, stopping just as she is about to reveal their intent to murder the freaks, Desiree becomes suspicious and warns her that if she finds out that Maggie and Stanley are responsible for the deaths of the other freaks, Desiree would kill her. For his performance, O'Hare was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Dell attempts to kill Amazon Eve, but is unsuccessful. He later frames Meep for the murder of the policeman by planting the officer's badge in Meep's trailer. [20] In "Edward Mordrake (Part 2)", Jimmy and Maggie come across Twisty and his captives and they help them escape. His relationship with Jimmy is heated. After sinking into a state of depression after Jimmy's arrest, Maggie is confronted by a suspicious Desiree who believes that she had something to do with all the deaths that have occurred. In "Massacres and Matinees", when Jimmy takes the carnies to a local diner, Dell beats him, claiming that they're giving the other customers a "free show". Dell Toledo (portrayed by Michael Chiklis as adult Dell, Edward Gelhaus as young Dell), also known as The Strongman, is the father of Jimmy, ex-husband of Ethel, husband of Desiree and the strongman of the freak show. Gloria Mott (portrayed by Frances Conroy), a wealthy society widow from Palm Beach. Movies. Видео содержит сцены насилия. He then visits a confused and hungover Jimmy at the jailhouse, where he successfully convinces Jimmy to have his hands amputated to get the money for a lawyer. American Horror Story (TV Series 2011– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His marriage to Ethel ended when he tried to kill Jimmy after he was born. They were kidnapped, told to grow out their hair and forced into the circus freak show life as "Men From Mars." Dell is also on the run from the law due to his involvement in a series of disastrous events, including the murder of a man Desiree had an affair with. Some characters have appeared in multiple seasons: Pepper (Naomi Grossman) was the first, appearing in Freak Show after having appeared in Asylum. American Horror Story: Cult is the seventh season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.It premiered on September 5, 2017, and concluded on November 14, 2017. In "Curtain Call", she appears with the other dead freaks in Elsa's afterlife and appears to forgive Elsa for her sins. She hires Twisty and later buys Dot and Bette to entertain Dandy after she fears he is bored. After immigrating to America, she begins singing at a carnival. She then served as Elsa's second-in-command at the freak show. Despite despising Dell, she saves him from his later suicide attempt and comforts him. She then leads the charge against Elsa when the other freaks realize that she murdered Ethel. In the latest installment, American Horror Story: Freak Show, he appeared as Meep. Desiree Dupree (portrayed by Angela Bassett), also known as The Three Breasted Woman, is a woman born with an oversized clitoris, mistaken by herself and her family for a male until puberty reveals the growth of not only two, but a third breast. She becomes good friends with Maggie and several other women from the troupe. Stanley (portrayed by Denis O'Hare) is a con artist working with Maggie. After finding out that Desiree isn't really a hermaphrodite and that she is planning to have her third breast removed so she can leave him and the freak show for good, Dell breaks the hands of her doctor so he can't perform the surgery. He goes to the freak show under the guise of being a talent scout (named "Richard Spencer") in an attempt to murder or capture some of the performers to sell them to the Museum of Morbid Curiosities. AHS Freak Show- the confirmed cast so far! An interesting theory regarding the next AHS theme is that it may feature Munich’s Circus Krone, a massive family-run circus located in the Circus Krone Building that was destroyed by aerial bombs in 1944 and rebuilt in 1950. 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He is enormously well-endowed and is gay. Special guest stars who made appearances include Celia Weston, Wes Bentley, Neil Patrick Harris, and Matt Bomer. See more ideas about American horror story, Ahs cast, Ahs. The season is set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida, and centers around a freak show run by aspiring German actress and singer Elsa Mars. Elsa flees when Bette and Dot tell her the other freaks are plotting to kill her to atone for Ethel's murder, selling the freak show to Dandy in order to procure $10,000 for her getaway. In "Show Stoppers", after Maggie exposes his lies to the freaks, they savagely attack and mutilate his body to resemble their late friend Meep. They are unable to reconcile before Maggie is killed by Chester Creb. Jimmy Darling (portrayed by Evan Peters), also known as Lobster Boy, is the son of Ethel and Dell, though, at first, he is unaware that Dell is his father. Fraser was born with a … American Horror Story (sometimes abbreviated as AHS) is an American horror anthology[1][2] television series co-created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. But you don’t need World War II to be afraid of the circus. American Horror Story: Freak Show is the fourth season of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story. According to showrunner Ryan Murphy, every scene Paulson had to shoot took almost twelve hours, compared to a regular scene which Murphy says takes five. 2 3 4 432. He sees through the facade and, as a result, Gloria is shot and killed by Dandy, after she professes she couldn't live without him if he killed himself. This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in each season. She later executes Dell for the murder of Ma Petite, before turning the freaks on Stanley upon learning of his involvement in her murder. The two eventually marry and Elsa's variety show becomes a huge success. Dandy expressed a sense of boredom with his upper-class life and aspires to join the freak show as he believes he identifies with them, but after being rejected, Dandy meets Twisty and helps the clown before his death. As the "American Horror Story" season 4 cast members are confirmed one by one, clues … your own Pins on Pinterest The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show, takes place in Jupiter, Florida, during 1952, and focuses on one of the last remaining American freak shows and their struggle for survival. After losing Ethel, he becomes unstable and later breaks up with Maggie. After finding his friends massacred at the hands of Dandy, he, Desiree and Bette and Dot exact revenge by drowning him in a water tank. For her performance, Bassett was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. These higher-paying audiences rejected her, ruining her reputation and career. The video contains violent and blood scenes. 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The third season, subtitled Coven, takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, during 2013, and follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them. In "Blood Bath", Gloria visits a therapist, seeking help with her situation concerning Dandy. 2014-2015; 4 seasons FX Drama, Suspense TVMA Watchlist. She's also told that nearly everyone from the original freak show was slain in Dandy's massacre, upon which she decides to commit suicide by intentionally performing on Halloween to summon Edward Mordrake to claim her. He and Desiree come to Elsa desperate for work after all the other traveling shows have closed. The fifth season, subtitled Hotel, takes place in Los Angeles, California, during 2015, and focuses on the staff and guests of a supernatural hotel. Dandy advertises himself as the headlining act (as a singer of Cole Porter standards), blaming the freaks for not selling tickets for his debut and methodically killing all the performers present for turning against him save the twins, whom he intended to marry; Jimmy, who was not at the camp; and Desiree, who was able to escape. A jealous Elsa attempts to get rid of them by selling them to Gloria Mott, but they are rescued by Jimmy. Where to Watch. She realizes how badly the freaks are treated, and decides to start her own "family" of freaks. American Horror Story - Behind The Scenes, BloopersAHS - How It's Made Without Special EffectsAmerican Horror Story. The rest of the freaks believe that she was decapitated in a car accident that was, in reality, staged by Elsa and Stanley. December 20, 2020. American Horror Story (sometimes abbreviated as AHS) is an American horror anthology … 12 of 26. Other returning cast members who made appearances in a limited capacity include Jamie Brewer, Gabourey Sidibe, Danny Huston, Lily Rabe, Grace Gummer, Ben Woolf, Mare Winningham, Naomi Grossman, and John Cromwell. Initially, she's perceived as a mother figure to the freak show cast; however, her fantasy of being a Hollywood actress drives her to murder those who she perceives as rivals, with the encouragement of Stanley, who was posing as a talent scout at the time. Prior to coming to America before World War II, Elsa was a dominatrix at a brothel in Berlin before she was drugged for a snuff film where her legs were cut off below the knee by Hans Grüper with a chainsaw. The seventh season, subtitled Cult, takes place in the fictional suburb of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, during 2017, and centers on a cult terrorizing the residents in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He also tells her that she suffered a miscarriage, revealing that she is in fact able to bear children. Upon returning to the freak show, they attempt to blackmail Elsa to get money for a surgical separation so they can each live out their dreams. He performed with the Ringling Brothers Circus and at Coney Island in the late '20s before being cast in Tod Browning's 1932 … Bette and Dot Tattler (portrayed by Sarah Paulson), also known as The Siamese Sisters, are conjoined twins recruited by Elsa to join the freak show. Woolf was a cast member on the FX show in its first season, in 2011, when he played a character called the Infantata. Supporting cast Naomi Grossman as Pepper Erika Ervin as Amazon Eve Mat Fraser as Paul Jyoti Amge as Ma Petite Grace Gummer as Penny Christopher Neiman as Salty Drew Rin Varick as Toulouse Celia Weston as Lillian Hemmings John Carroll Lynch as Twisty the Clown Chrissy Metz as …